National Security

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrives at Forward Operating Base Gamberi east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on an unannounced visit to the war-torn country on September 27, 2017. (THOMAS WATKINS/AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON —The U.S. military's top leaders told lawmakers Tuesday that the thousands of...

Mourners light candles during a vigil at the corner of Sahara Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard for the victims of Sunday night's mass shooting, October 2, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) By Connecting Vets staff In the hours and days after the shooting in Las Vegas...

A vigil on the Las Vegas strip for the victims of the Route 91 Harvest country music festival shootings on October 2, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Denise Truscello/Getty Images) They were school teachers and youth football coaches, real estate agents and local business owners. They were parents,...

A Virginia-class submarine is seen at a General Dynamics-Electric Boat basin. (Photo courtesy of General Dynamics-Electric Boat) WASHINGTON — After five years of construction, the US Navy's newest attack submarine USS Colorado (SSN 788) is almost ready for its close-up. The Virginia-class Block III...

An outdoor concert in Las Vegas has become the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history with at least 58 dead and another 515 injured. Police identified Stephen Paddock, 64, as the gunman who rained gunfire from a 32nd-floor window at the Mandalay Bay hotel on the Vegas strip. Paddock was armed...

People run from the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after apparent gun fire was hear on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (David Becker/Getty Images) LAS VEGAS — The latest on the shooting in Las Vegas (all times local): 2:20 p.m. The owner of a Utah gun store says the Las Vegas shooter...